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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"landscape aesthetics"”.
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Landscape morphology : a comparative study of landscape aesthetics.
This research is about landscape aesthetics. Aesthetics is not purely Platonic but a result of human communication with nature which relates to landscape experience and, in turn, reflects and guides the way people appreciate, paint and design. This is an issue of art philosophy and design …
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Challenging the modern paradigm: turning to Aldo Leopold and flyfishing literature for a new approach to landscape aesthetics
… understanding of nature this paper suggests that landscape architects study Aldo Leopold's theory of landscape aesthetics. Leopold's concept of experiential knowledge is discussed as a means of offering our culture a deeper appreciation of nature, but also as a means for landscape architects to …
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Landscape Aesthetics in Practice: A critical enquiry into the development and use of an arts practice as a constructive intervention within the context of landscape change, community action, Green Infrastructure planning and delivery and Landscape Character Assessment processes.
The research considers why aesthetics, the subjective ways in which we experience and value places, and nature's agency are not readily included in decision-making processes. This action research adopts a hopeful, participatory and auto-ethnographic inquiry into the potential for developing and …
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The pictorial element of destination promotions in tourist destination image formation
… tourist destination choice, advertising, and landscape aesthetics to contribute to an evolving theory on destination image formation.
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Measuring the value of transit access for Dallas County: A hedonic approach.
… property values. In some cases, decreased urban landscape aesthetics have been reported. The purpose of this study is to contribute to this debate via an analysis of the impact of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system on residential property values in Dallas County. By examining the impact of …
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The St. Francis Dam Disaster: An Experiential Memorial Landscape
… the topic of memorial design and experiential landscapes, emphasizing the role of memorials as spatial expressions of culture, history, memory, life, and death. Memorials have traditionally been monumental in form, but there is a growing shift in landscape architecture towards designing …
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Un voyage vers une photographie feminine: The gender politics of body and space
… to the issues concerning gender, travel and landscape aesthetics. This dissertation is an analysis of my documentary photographs. I am interested in ways in which my photographs correspond with the French feminist theories of Helene Cixous and Lucy Irigaray on ecriture feminine. Their work on …
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Semi-quantitative evaluation of river landscapes in the counties of Glamorgan
… PDF reader.</i></b><br/><br/>The study of landscape aesthetics is subject to much discussion and numerous difficulties. As yet no one technique for landscape evaluation has been universally accepted as many methods encompass only sections of the overall landscape situation ie the methods …
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Bonsai imperium : plant capitalism in the U.S. and Japan, 1853-1924
… of bonsai to changing understandings of Japanese landscapes in both countries, and maps the relationship of the botany, geography, and agricultural science to shifts in horticultural practices and landscape aesthetics, as well as their literal and rhetorical deployment by Japan's Sapporo …
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Prediction of aesthetic response: a comparison of different philosophical paradigms' predictive utilities of aesthetic response towards natural landscape scenes
… the prediction of aesthetic response of natural landscapes were investigated. First, information regarding the degree of correspondence between two conceptually different yet commonly used criteria of aesthetic response--ratings of scenic quality and preference ratings--was sought. Second, the …
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Designing for education at the University of Illinois Arboretum
… into a study of the expression of form in the landscape, a road development study, a spatial relationship analysis, an architectural prototype study, and the development of a theory in planting design. Explorations of landscape form are used to express ideas about educational goals and provide …
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Ömse sidor om vägen : Allén och landskapet i Skåne 1700-1900
… in Swedish alléer). Avenues are a characteristic landscape element in many parts of Scania. This is an object created by man with a clear visual effect in the landscape. The avenue is also something which is both nature and culture, a man-made object from nature. The purpose of the thesis is to …